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One Girl

Synopsis

Each moment millions of people are living their lives in completely different ways. In the Western world, the right to study, to get a job, to get married to the person we love, is considered ‘normal’; while these things are happening everywhere in the world they are felt as completely different experiences.
This documentary follows four young girls for one day, each living in a different country but awoken by the same dawn in the same meridian: South Sudan, Romania, Palestine, Finland. Our girls are so different from one another and yet so similar in their behaviours, intentions, desires and dreams.
With their innocence and spontaneity, children can show us our differences and similarities, portraying their inner beauty and sometimes their tragedy. They teach us to be more sympathetic with “others” and give us a better understanding of our world.
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Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
64 mins
Format
hd
Director
Rosa Russo 1st Feature
Producer
Rosa Russo, Debra Wootton
Co-Producer
Gianfranco Isernia, Anca Puiu, Pasi Hakkio
Executive Producer
Paola Boncompagni, Cindy Depasquale, Francesco Zibellini
Editor
Marzia Mete
Director of Photography
Matteo Keffer, Martina Cocco
Sound
Silvia Moraes
Composer
Lucas Jordan
Film Images
©Rosa Russo, Martina Cocco, Webra Productions

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director Children’s

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Debra Productions

Pinewood Studios
Iver Heath
SL0 0NH

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